WELCOME TO THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & MEDIA

For driven creators and innovators committed to having a successful career doing what they love, the College of Arts & Media is the only college leveraging the influence of CU Denver in the heart of Denver’s thriving arts industry to produce
graduates who are ready to inspire, lead and thrive. CAM offers degrees and programs in Film & Television, Media Forensics, Music & Entertainment, and Visual Arts.

TURN WHAT YOU LOVE INTO WHAT YOUDO.

Film & Television

The Film and Television Department where your passion becomes an opportunity to write the script, edit the film, hold the camera, and tell your story. With leading industry professionals, you’ll work on a variety of projects--including short films, web series’, documentaries, digital effects, and TV studio production.

Music & Entertainment Industry Studies

You know the right sound when you hear it. You know it’s a hit when you mix it. You know the music and entertainment industry is for you, and we know how to turn that passion into a career. MEIS offers four unique programs with a contemporary and commercial focus.

Visual Arts

In the Visual Arts Department, the city becomes our canvas, industry leaders become professors, and a passion becomes a profession. Students have access to state-of-the art digital labs, sculpture studios, industrial equipment and darkrooms, uniting the ability to create with the means to succeed.

National Center for Media Forensics

Facts lie right in front of us like puzzle pieces waiting to be put together. The NCMF provides world class programs dedicated to the scientific study and research of the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of digital evidence.

DISCOVER CAM

2019 Outstanding Graduates

Each convocation, four CAM students are chosen as the outstanding graduate for their class. Outstanding grads are chosen based on academic achievement, commitment to the College of Arts & Media, as well as their involvement in extracurricular activities and the community.

Midcentury Musings: Design for a New Way of Living

May 9 – August 1
Next Stage Gallery
(located in the Denver Performing Arts Complex)

Inspired by the Denver Art Museum summer show, Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America, Midcentury Musings showcases work of CU Denver students and faculty through animations and interactive displays that foster creativity and play. Large interactive touchscreens invite visitors to design and play with their own midcentury muse, evoking past mod-memories or nurturing a sense of design in younger minds.

Cinefest Awards Night 2019

Join the College of Arts & Media for a glamorous night of Academy-style awards! Cinefest is the grand celebration of the creative work of CU Denver's Film & Television students, showcasing the best of student films, shorts, and series.

Tenzing Rigdol: My World Is In Your Blind Spot

March 21–June 7, 2019
Emmanuel Art Gallery

Artist, activist, and poet Tenzing Rigdol ('05, Visual Arts) returns to the University of Colorado Denver for his first U.S. solo exhibition. Considered one of the world’s leading Tibetan artists and activists, Rigdol brings his series of large buddhas and other works to the College of Arts & Media.